· that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

Synonym(s): encephalon

Hypernym(s): neural_structure

· mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

Synonym(s): brainpower, learning_ability, mental_capacity, mentality, wit

Hypernym(s): intelligence

· that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

Synonym(s): mind, head, psyche, nous

Hypernym(s): cognition, knowledge, noesis

· someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

Synonym(s): genius, mastermind, brainiac, Einstein

Hypernym(s): intellectual, intellect

· the brain of certain animals used as meat

Hypernym(s): variety_meat, organs

· hit on the head

Hypernym(s): hit

· kill by smashing someone's skull

Hypernym(s): kill